A former U.S. Army captain who was burned and disfigured by an IED explosion in Afghanistan in 2008 is railing at Twitter for marking a photo he posted to celebrate Independence Day last weekend as “sensitive content.”
Sam Brown, who is running as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nevada next year challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, posted a photo of himself saluting in a combat uniform along with the phrase, “Freedom isn’t free.”
“On July 4, 1776, America was born. On July 4, 2021, we’re still the best country on this planet,” Brown, a Purple Heart recipient, added.
But the social media giant’s editorial staff marked the picture: “The following media includes potentially sensitive content.”…
